WMNA (AM)

WMNA is a commercial radio station licensed to Gretna, Virginia, United States, serving Southside Virginia and Northern Pittsylvania County. It is owned and operated by 3 Daughters Media. WMNA has a sports format, simulcast with WVGM in Lynchburg.
WMNA's transmitter is located southeast of Gretna. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W282CN at 106.3 MHz.

History

WMNA signed on the air on August 11, 1956. The station was originally a daytimer, required to go off the air at sunset. It was owned by the Central Virginia Broadcasting Company. Three years later, it added an FM station, WMNA-FM at 106.3 MHz.
The two stations simulcast for their first decades on the air. They had a full service, middle of [the road (music)|middle of the road] format of popular adult music, local news and sports. WMNA-AM-FM were network affiliates of the Mutual Broadcasting System.